LOCAL STORIES

AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- The Maine Human Rights Commission took up two cases of discrimination filed on behalf of former students at Asa Adams Elementary School.

VINALHAVEN (NEWS CENTER) -- Construction has started on three 1.5 megawatt wind turbines on the island of Vinalhaven.

LEBANON (NEWS CENTER) -- The State Medical Examiner's Office has identified the remains of a body found in a well in Lebanon as that of Frances Moulton.

PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Sen. Olympia Snowe is in the thick of negotiations over health care reform.

PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- The Police Benevolent Association has agreed to a pay freeze for the upcoming year.

SOUTH PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- He has run a number of businesses. Now, Les Otten may want a crack at running the state of Maine.

(NEWS CENTER) --Several Maine communites will be holding 4th of July Parades.

SCARBOROUGH (AP) -- Hannaford Supermarkets is warning its customers in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont to check their freezers for recalled beef.

KENNEBUNK (NEWS CENTER) -- Harvey Rohde is speaking publicly for the first time about his son's capture and escape from the Taliban.

DOVER-FOXCROFT (NEWS CENTER) -- Womancare, a non-profit dedicated to ending domestic violence, opened a new facility in Dover-Foxcroft Sunday.

RUMFORD (NEWS CENTER) -- The State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a home in Rumford Saturday night.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Fairpoint Communications says bankruptcy is a possibility.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (NEWS CENTER) -- Sixty Mainers doing volunteer work with their church are in Honduras right now, while the country is in the midst of a military coup.

BRUNSWICK (NEWS CENTER) -- A man from Topsham who has been helping people for nearly 30 years is now getting some help himself.
AUBURN (NEWS CENTER) -- A man from Missouri who was arrested last week for a home invasion in Auburn may be linked to a group of people selling magazines in the area.

SOUTH BERWICK (NEWS CENTER) - Firefighters were called to a fire at the Berwick Estates Nursing Home on Portland Street.

BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- The American Legion of Maine held its 91st annual convention Saturday.

CASCO (NEWS CENTER) -- Camp Sunshine is celebrating 25 years of serving families of children with life threatening illnesses.

SANFORD (NEWS CENTER) -- The Sanford Regional Airport hosted its 9th Annual Open House Saturday.

PHILLIPS (NEWS CENTER) -- Severe weather Friday night dropped several inches of rain in just two hours, destroying several roads.